Boston Birth Cohort Study

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

24000 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

1998-10-31

Study Completion Date

2028-12-31

Brief Summary

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Early life exposures may lead to adverse effects on health in later life. The Boston birth Cohort study is designed to study a broad array of early life factors and their effects on maternal and child health outcomes.

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Detailed Description

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Any woman admitted to the Labor and Delivery floor at the Boston Medical Center (BMC) who delivers a singleton live infant and meets our case (gestational age \<37 weeks or birthweight \<2,500 grams) or control (full term birth with birthweight \>2,500 grams) criteria will be eligible.

Postnatal follow-up of enrolled mother-child pair is conducted from birth to age 21 years.

The Boston Birth Cohort has high-quality biospecimen collection, and comprehensive epidemiological, clinical, and environmental exposure data via standardized questionnaire interview, measurements, and review of the electronic medical records.

Conditions

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Maternal Health Child Health Pregnancy Complications Birth Outcome, Adverse

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Mothers who deliver singleton live births at Boston Medical Center are eligible for the study.

Exclusion Criteria

* pregnancies that are a result of in vitro fertilization or that involve multiple gestations, fetal chromosomal abnormalities or major birth defects.

Minimum Eligible Age

0 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

50 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No